Christmas Island
Well, I've finally found the time to post a quick snapshot of my latest trip to Christmas Island. I was lucky enough to tag along with my mate, Jayson, for 1 week in mid-September.
It was simply spectacular. The hospitality was excellent, the company was excellent, the fishing was excellent... the weather was 'fishable'.
Most days were quite windy, however, there was always a spot to fish around Christmas Island due to it's rugged geography.
Mark (the guide of Shorefire) was extremely friendly & helpful. Going far & beyond to ensure our stay was an experience we would never forget.
The popper fishing was excellent - the GT's weren't massive (biggest around the 20kg mark), however, the yellowfin tuna were in massive numbers & of good size (can't get enough of casting poppers & stickbaits at YFT) - we had a pack of sailfish following our poppers on the second day - Jayson had a stickbait snap in half on a good GT.
We threw poppers & stickbaits, only managed to jig a small amount of time (the wind was a problem, so we couldn't keep our mark for more than a few minutes - most of the good jigging spots were exposed to the wind). We also trolled from A to B to pick up a wahoo or 2 for dinner.
Anyway, it was a great trip. So good, I've already arranged time off for next years trip.
I've included a few pics.
Daz.
carnarvonite
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Awesome
Some real top catches there
wopjrb
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very well done
nice yellowfin tuna boys ...and tasy lookin coronation cod
soupster51
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Saily
Nice photo of the saily on a popper. Would have been 'heart in the mouth' kind of stuff. Awesome trip by the look of it.
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Lucky Tim
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looks awesome mate, that's a
looks awesome mate, that's a cracker YFT and the sailfish on popper has got you in a pretty exclusive club. Gotta look into a trip like that myself soon. Maybe a "Fishwrecked does CI" trip?
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Your shout Tim?
I hear you're on the big money these days........
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Lucky Tim
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I'll pay the 50% deposit and
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till
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Well, after seeing the pics,
Well, after seeing the pics, I did my bit towards getting there. I emailed my partner the booking form for baby swimming lessons =0
Some crackers there and very jealous of the YFTs
HuggyB
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YES
Now thats the kind of YFT I wanna tangle with!
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Rosco
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awesome
what a trip. Definately a MUST visit destination for me one day. One Powerball......
Great Yellowfin
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Bones76
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Yellowfin on popper - hard
Yellowfin on popper - hard to beat that!
saltatrix
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Thats a ball terror of a fin
Thats a ball terror of a fin on a popper. Shorefire have an awesome fishery.
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some awsome fish there, that
some awsome fish there, that yellowfin would be one to remember, but you cant disreguard the coronation trout , they have some briliant colours and great eating
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GusG
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WOW!!!! Awesome fish, esp
WOW!!!!
Awesome fish, esp the YFT
Pete D
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Awesome fish and pics
Awesome fish and pics there. Looks like a great trip...would love to do it one day, oh hang on I'm going on Wednesday
Will be happy with half of that lot..on popper of course!
Cheers Pete
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Great pics, looks like a trip well worth doing!!
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Colin Hay
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That's excellent DazSam
Christmas Island is now on my definate must visit list. Great pics too by the way.
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Tall Paul
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It's official, YOU SUCK!!!
It's official, YOU SUCK!!! :-) HAHA
Just kidding man, that looks AWESOME!!! Killa pics, now i'm kicking myself...I used to fish with a dude from Christmas Island about 9 years ago who said "You guys gotta come up and fish with me and my uncles"...Man, I wish I hadda one now!!
Awesome trip man, like col said, Now on my deifnate must list!!
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fishcrazy
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awesome tuna
congrats mate that would have gone off ,always wanted to do tuna on popper might make it a mission this year
Ben Derecki
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great pics
...and even better fish.
nice post mate, cheers for putting it up.
the girth on those yft is insane!
DazSamFishing
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Thanks fellas, I've got so
Thanks fellas,
I've got so many more pics of the GT's & yellowfin we caught.... but it would just cause too much jealousy out there
One day, we landed about 10 YFT in half an hour. All good size fish.
Another day, we had 4 sailfish swim around the boat just casually playing with our poppers & stickbaits. Unreal.
PilbaraBrad
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pharrrr out
cant believe i missed this post
good stuff
was thinking of going back to CI myself, have already emailed rocky for a rates /dates
good stuff!!!
Bodie
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yep sensational pics, that
yep sensational pics, that YFT is nice!!!!!!!!!